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World Trade Organization

intergovernmental organization that intends to supervise and liberalize international trade
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Summary

World Trade Organization is an international organization[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of international organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,038 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Field of work: trade regulation[3]
  • Country: Switzerland[4]
  • Official language: English[5], French[6], Spanish[7]
  • Headquarters location: Centre William Rappard[8], Geneva[9]
  • Child organization or unit: WTO General Council[10], Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration[11]
  • Commons category: World Trade Organization[12]
  • Foundational text: Marrakech Agreement[13]
  • Archives at: WTO archives[14]
  • Chairperson: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala[15]
  • Has part(s): WTO panel[16], WTO General Council[17], WTO iLibrary[18], Committee on Balance-of-Payments Restrictions[19], Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration[20]
  • Inception: January 1, 1995[21], 1995[22]
  • Coordinate location: 46.22416666666667, 6.149444444444445[23]
  • Official website: https://wto.org[24]
  • Topic's main category: Category:World Trade Organization[25]
  • Commons gallery: World Trade Organization[26]
  • Employees: 640[27]
  • Topic has template: Template:World Trade Organization[28]
  • Legal form: subject of international law[29]
  • Native label: World Trade Organization[30], Organisation mondiale du commerce[31], Organización Mundial del Comercio[32]
  • Short name: OMC[33], WTO[34]
  • Member count: 164[35]
  • History of topic: history of the World Trade Organization[36]
  • Has list: list of member states of the World Trade Organization[37]
  • Position held by head of the organization: Director-General of the World Trade Organization[38]
  • Operating area: worldwide[39]

Why It Matters

World Trade Organization has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d ago · Sadads · 2026-09-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4, WikiProject Climate change
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  2. 27d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nhk one news topic id → E0000000178
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  3. 6w ago · GregMcCollum · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bibsys id → 90820455
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  4. 11w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14715 → World Trade Organization
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  5. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3qtKSg
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  6. 16w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → world-trade-organization
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: world-trade-organization, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289969169|world trade organization (#289969169)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/ca"
  7. 17w ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Icannwiki page id → WTO, World_Trade_Organization
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Icannwiki page id: World_Trade_Organization, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/294328440|World Trade Organization (#294328440)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/ca"
  8. 17w ago · Pixelpirate · 2026-06-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'latitude': 46.22416666666667, 'longitude': 6.1494444444444
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Coordinate location: 46°13'41"N, 6°8'35"E"
  9. 17w ago · M2k~dewiki · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Child organization or unit → WTO General Council, Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration
    Has part(s) → WTO panel, WTO General Council, WTO iLibrary +2
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Has part(s): Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration, using [[User:Frettie/consistency check add.js]]"
  10. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → k0000257-Svetova-obchodni-organizace
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: k0000257-Svetova-obchodni-organizace, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
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